1981 Azbakiyah bombing

1981 Azbakiyah bombing تفجير الأزبكية
Part of the Islamist uprising in Syria
Bombing location
Location	Damascus, Syria
Date	29 November 1981
Target	Intelligence agencies complex in al-Azbakiyah neighborhood
Attack type	Car bomb
Deaths	64 Syrian civilians and military men
Injured	135
Perpetrators	Syrian Muslim Brotherhood or the Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners

The 1981 Azbakiyah bombing (Arabic: تفجير الأزبكية) was a terrorist car bomb attack in the neighborhood of al-Azbakiyah, Damascus on 29 November 1981.^[1][2] The attack was blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood which was waging an insurrection against the government of Hafez al-Assad at the time.^[3]

However, a group calling itself the Organisation for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners claimed responsibility for the bombing. It is believed to be the same group as the Israeli-backed Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners, which was responsible for a series of bombings in Lebanon, which killed 146 people.^[4]

References

1. Seale, Patrick (1990). Asad of Syria: the struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. p. 331. ISBN 978-0-520-06976-3.
2. Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation; Macmillan Educational Corporation (1982). 1983 Year Book. Crowell-Collier Educational Corp. p. 516.
3. "Wire Fences Hung in Damascus as Security Measure". Los Angeles Times. December 28, 1981.
4. "BOMB EXPLOSION IN SYRIA KILLS 64 AND HURTS 135 IN CROWDED AREA". The New York Times. Associated Press. 30 November 1981. Archived from the original on 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2018-04-13.